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Simplicity theory
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<p>Simplicity theory is a cognitive theory that seeks to explain the attractiveness of situations or events to human minds. It is based on work done by scientists like behavioural scientist <a href="/facts/Nick_Chater/CQj53aKX">Nick Chater</a>, computer scientist <a href="/facts/Paul_Vitanyi/X7GQpyIN">Paul Vitanyi</a>, psychologist Jacob Feldman, and <a href="/facts/Artificial_intelligence/lJGauQwX">artificial intelligence</a> researchers <a href="/facts/Jean-Louis_Dessalles/88y4s9U4">Jean-Louis Dessalles</a> and <a href="/facts/J%25C3%25BCrgen_Schmidhuber/obWPp0Xt">Jürgen Schmidhuber</a>. It claims that interesting situations appear simpler than expected to the observer. </p>